RickBoglehead wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:15 am
Unlikely they are going to mess it up? You do know that they assign the least qualified person to do the oil changes, right? In fact, it may not even be a trained mechanic.
Car/truck forums have numerous posts about stripped oil drain bolts, over/under filling of oil, leaving the oil cap off, putting in the wrong oil, not changing the filter, ...
As to an oil stain in the driveway, oil can travel backwards and paint the vehicle, and not drip on the driveway.
Yup --- I generally change my own oil. Though, I was out of town and my dad took the family F-250 to a high volume F-series dealership.....
The next time I changed the oil, the oil bolt had completely stripped inner threads.... Fortunately, it was on the bolt and not the oil pan. I went to a competitor, bought the $10 oil bolt, and have had no problems since. Also, the oil filter was screwed on so tight that it broken (albeit an old) oil filter removing tool.... I mean completely shattered the metal band.
My family has also taken new Toyota's to a good dealership that is number one on the list for new and recall servicing.... As many of you know, Toyota does 2 yr/24k miles of free servicing on their vehicles... I have found that they way, way, way overtighten the oil nut... It's honestly ridiculous.
Do I trust local dealerships now for even oil changes? Not really as they're not putting ASE mechanics on those jobs...
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